Question 1

Children cannot learn to talk without formal instruction.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 2

Object permanence is not usually understood until a child is three.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 3

The mathematical concept that involves organizing and ordering things according to an attribute is called____________________.

Accepted Answer

seriation

Question 4

The concept and process of sorting is evident before a child is five.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

One-to-one correspondence is not necessary for rational counting.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Which statement captures best the developmental view of infants?

Accepted Answer

A)  They are blank slates when they are born.
B)  They begin their lives with the ability to take in and process perceptual information.
C)  They respond only to loud sounds in their environment.
D)  They need to be physically active to acquire new information.

Question 7

Babies cannot learn to walk and talk at the same time.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Cause and effect is part of a child's early experiences.Which statement best represents its meaning?

Accepted Answer

A)  It refers to relationships between actions and outcomes.
B)  It only refers to concrete,physical reactions of objects.
C)  It refers to relationships that only children above the age of three can understand.
D)  It is only used in contests for scientific experimentation.

Question 9

Patterns are an essential part of logical development in the young child.Which statement best captures this concept?

Accepted Answer

A)  Patterns cannot be understood by children before age three.
B)  Patterns refer only to numerical information such as the multiplication tables.
C)  Patterns are logical foundations of mathematics and science.
D)  Patterns are understood after the acquisition of language.

Question 10

Children learn to talk in their early years.Which statement best captures this accomplishment?

Accepted Answer

A)  Learning to talk only occurs with formal instruction.
B)  Learning to talk occurs without formal instruction.
C)  Learning to talk occurs only after they learn the alphabet.
D)  Learning to talk usually happens after the age of three.

Question 11

The combinatorial property of language has been defined.Which is the correct definition of this property?

Accepted Answer

A)  It refers to how compound words are formed.
B)  It means how things or words combine to produce new meaning.
C)  It explains how vowels are combined with consonants to produce words.
D)  It defines how sentences are constructed with verbs and nouns.

Question 12

What is true about the development of speech and language in young children?

Accepted Answer

A)  Speech occurs only with formal instruction.
B)  Speech becomes most evident between the ages of two and six years of age.
C)  Speech develops simultaneously with learning to read.
D)  Speech is the most important evidence of a child's intellectual development.

Question 13

The perception of sound is an important part of early learning.Which is a true statement about the perception of sound?

Accepted Answer

A)  It begins at about the age of six months.
B)  It begins before birth.
C)  It is not able to be assessed in infants.
D)  It develops more quickly in male infants than in female infants.

Question 14

Infants cannot turn their heads in the direction of a sound.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

When a child can put 'like similar)things' together and names the group,she is engaging in __________________________________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of When a child can put 'like similar)things'...

Question 16

One-to-one correspondence is a concept best describes by which statement?

Accepted Answer

A)  It is essential for rational counting.
B)  It refers only to rote counting.
C)  It is mastered by most children before they turn three.
D)  It is not an essential part of a child's early experiences with rational counting.

Question 17

When a toddler is asked to give everyone at his table exactly one cookie each and he can correctly give one cookie to each child at the table,he is exhibiting the mathematics concept of ___________________________________________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of When a toddler is asked to give...

Question 18

The productive property of language has also been defined.Which is the correct definition of this property?

Accepted Answer

A)  It explains how combinations of letters group together to form sounds.
B)  It defines how root words can be changed to produce different forms of the word.
C)  It explains how language can cause or bring about action.
D)  It explains how words can produce feelings and emotions.

Question 19

When things with like similar)attributes are grouped together,the process of this action is called ____________________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of When things with like similar)attributes are grouped...

Question 20

Seriation is an important concept acquired by young children.Which statement best defines seriation?

Accepted Answer

A)  Seriation is ordering that is only numeric.
B)  Seriation refers to grouping or sorting items according to one attribute.
C)  Seriation means ordering things along a continuum,according to an attribute.
D)  Seriation is simply putting things in categories or groups based only upon measurable attributes such as time,weight,length and number.

Exam 1: A Childs World How Young Children Learn

Children cannot learn to talk without formal instruction.

Object permanence is not usually understood until a child is three.

The mathematical concept that involves organizing and ordering things according to an attribute is called____________________.

The concept and process of sorting is evident before a child is five.

One-to-one correspondence is not necessary for rational counting.

Which statement captures best the developmental view of infants?

Babies cannot learn to walk and talk at the same time.

Cause and effect is part of a child's early experiences.Which statement best represents its meaning?

Patterns are an essential part of logical development in the young child.Which statement best captures this concept?

Children learn to talk in their early years.Which statement best captures this accomplishment?

The combinatorial property of language has been defined.Which is the correct definition of this property?

What is true about the development of speech and language in young children?

The perception of sound is an important part of early learning.Which is a true statement about the perception of sound?

Infants cannot turn their heads in the direction of a sound.

When a child can put 'like similar)things' together and names the group,she is engaging in __________________________________.

One-to-one correspondence is a concept best describes by which statement?

When a toddler is asked to give everyone at his table exactly one cookie each and he can correctly give one cookie to each child at the table,he is exhibiting the mathematics concept of ___________________________________________.

The productive property of language has also been defined.Which is the correct definition of this property?

When things with like similar)attributes are grouped together,the process of this action is called ____________________.

Seriation is an important concept acquired by young children.Which statement best defines seriation?